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In this issue

Doc & Wyatt Face-to-Face with the Cowboys: An excerpt from Mark Lee Gardner’s revealing new book: Brothers of the Gun

The Best Doc Ever: A Fitting Tribute to Val Kilmer

Wyatt Earp on Film? Experts disagree, decide for yourself

Tombstone Temptress: A clear-eyed look at Sadie Marcus Earp By Peter Brand

True Western Town: Wickenburg, Arizona

Winter in the West: The Ultimate Historic Travel Guide

Rock Around the Block with Doc

What goes around, comes around.

1 mins

Unlike Father, Unlike Son

Ed Scarborough didn't follow in the footsteps of his famous dad.

2 mins

There's No Business Like Show Business

Firearms from the stage, screen and expositions are a hit at auction.

2 mins

Lucretia Borgia

This rifle turned William Cody into Buffalo Bill.

3 mins

"We Well Knew They Would Fight"

An Exclusive Excerpt from Brothers of the Gun: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone

10+ mins

Josephine “Sadie” Earp: Secrets & Lies Revealed

When Josephine “Sadie” Earp (nee Marcus) decided it was time to tell the story of her life in 1937, she had a big problem. Her early life and that of her family were far from ideal, and the way she dealt with such potential embarrassments was to simply wipe them from her story, or invent a more acceptable fictional story to compensate.

10+ mins

WYATT IN A MOVIE?

MAYBE OR MAYBE NOT

2 mins

BEST DOC EVER

A FITTING TRIBUTE TO VAL KILMER

7 mins

THE RESURRECTION OF BILLY THE KID

PART ART SHOW, PART WAKE

1 mins

Mattie Earp's Grave

Celia Ann “Mattie” Blaylock came to Tombstone as Wyatt's wife.

1 mins

Undiscovered Texas

See lesser-known, less crowded spots worth a visit.

4 mins

Young Chefs of the West

They came to the frontier from around the world and invented dishes still served today.

2 mins

A War of Freedom, A War Never Won

Paul Hedren's new biography of Sitting Bull, plus three new biographies on the Earps and Doc Holliday, Jim Bridger, and the legendary boomtown of Deadwood

7 mins

Val Kilmer in His Cups

Tombstone costume designer Joseph Porro defined \"Doc.\"

4 mins

Wickenburg Booms Again

The once mining boom town then dude ranch capital, is now a team-roping capital and arts center.

3 mins

Cavalcade of Ask the Marshall

Lessons I have learned during more than a quarter century of \"Ask the Marshall\"

3 mins

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True West Magazine Description:

Publisher: True-West-Publishing

Category: Lifestyle

Language: English

Frequency: 10 Issues/Year

TRUE WEST captures the history of the American frontier through authentic and provocative literary nonfiction and heritage travel narratives that keep the spirit of the West alive.